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QI Fact of the Day

Dandelions contain more Vitamin C and Vitamin A than almost any other fruit or vegetable.


QI Quote of the Day

"If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn."
ANDREW MASON

not sure why the elves are still picking dandelions, but they'll regret it in the morning...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0JdG1-9Ux0[/youtube]

Fudo is that video just supposed to be blank?

if you press play, you'll hear it is music..
damn fine music (it's a fact, not just my opinion )

Euell Gibbons wrote that the Latin phrase for dandelion translates literally as "official remedy." due to the vitamins you mentioned.

I once ate deadly nightshade thinking it was something called a ground cherry. I wouldn't recommend it.

ooh, how interesting thanks, Rocky
i'll have to find something quite interesting later. gotta run.

The leaves and unripe fruits of the Mulberry tree (Morus sp.) are mildly poisonous and might cause an upset stomach, but are also known for causing powerful hallucinations. I found this out the hard way after eating too many berries off a tree that included lots of unripe ones. Although I hardly recommend it... it was certainly a trip

thanks, Acacia.
iirc, the mulberry shooting it's pollen is the fastest living thing at about half the speed of sound.

QI Fact of the Day

Onions, asparagus, daffodils, yams, hyacinths, garlic, leeks, tulips, chives and the Joshua tree of California (which can grow to be 40 feet tall) are all kinds of lily.




QI Quote of the Day

"The lily was created on the third day, early in the morning when the Almighty was especially full of good ideas."
MICHAEL JEFFERSON-BROWN

Fudo again weird but interesting facts.

The famous buried terracotta army buried in China was originally painted natural colors, and each had a unique face!

and now for something completely different..


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They still do - the faces were made as individual characters. Eight basic moulds were used with extra clay added for individual features, with various expressions moulded after construction.
Only a fraction of the estimated 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses buried there has been excavated.

Although most people assume English Cathedrals look pretty much as they always have done, in the Middle Ages, the facades, like in most of the rest of Europe, would have been brightly (sometimes garishly) painted. I have no religious belief, but I love looking at old churches and monasteries.

Edit - This was supposed to have pics and info URLs but WP would not let me post them. It happens again and again. No idea why.

Exeter Cathedral:



]Wells (my favourite)



More info:

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/engl ... cathedrals

And inside too - at Ely some of that painting is still visible and although it's faded somewhat, it still gives a very good idea of how these places must have looked.
I must "do" Wells some day, and should manage Salisbury this summer. So far the most impressive has been Ely, especially for the octagon, but I suspect Salisbury may beat that.